Leura Fire Station for part time closure?
Monday, September 22nd, 2008The media is reporting that the NSW state government will no longer fund over time pay for full time Fire fighters to cover staff shortages if retained (part-time) staff call in sick.
This will cause approximately 30 stations in NSW to close peridically, including Leura.
The potential savings from this move? $1.5million.
It doesn’t seem like a good cost/benefit trade off. A pretty paltry saving against a $800m budget to needlessly put people in danger, particularly in a bush fire prone area such as the Blue Mountians.